Well first of all, to Neo Aguni: Remember a year has passed since then. And this chapter tells why things between Jeremy and Aelita changed.

To Mystcdragon: There will be a lot of action, probably in this chapter, maybe not, but if not, definitely the next so stick w/ me!!!! (Sorry but the way i write is build it up then have a lot of action, i just do can't help it sry.

Well the dedication: To Aelita142, just b/c.

Oh and this chapter shows a flashback, which is basically involving rape, and there's been cussing in the story, so i'm uping the rating to PG-13 just so the administrators don't take it off or anything. And people this is kinda dark/bad or w/e so if u don't like it plz no flames, fights come soon! :P

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko

Chapter Four: The Thing That Happened to Aelita

Aelita sat on her bed, hair wet, robe wrapped tightly around her. She had just gotten out of the shower. At least I got to take a long shower, since it's finally Saturday agian.. It was the day after the little incident at the lunch table, and Aelita had been doing a lot of thinking. I thought that Jeremy loved me... a year ago he did, that's why he materialized me.. and we almost kissed.. until that day... she thought back, remembering it like it was yesterday.

Flashback

Jeremy was sitting at his computer desk when he got the message, from Odd. That Aelita had been found during 'sexual actions' with another student. Jeremy had tried to pummel the kid, and nearly got put in the hospital. He had never listened to Aelita's explanation, he had just pretended to forgive her and went on with life. But he should have listened.

Aelita had been taken into the boy's room one day, by force. He was older. He was stronger. He was louder, and that's why Jim overheard and came rushing in. What had really happened was the boy had threatened her and her friend's lives. If she didn't let him have all the fun he wanted, then he would kill them all. So Aelita had no choice. She did what the boy wanted, and it was definitely looking like 'sexual actions'. The boy had hit her before Jim came, and shouted, so Jim ran in. Aelita got off easy, the boy was arrested. But she was hurt ever since. Not only physically, but emotionally too. What that boy had done was the worst thing you could do to a girl. And to her body. But Aelita had quite a few great friends, and they helped her through it, except Jeremy. Things between him and her had changed since then, since he was unable to understand. He had ignored her apologies, ignored her. And turned his attention towards Yumi.

End of Flashback

I tried not to think of it.. Aelita thought, sobbing, but it just haunts me... it will always..... I can never be freed from what he did, no matter what they do to him. If it was me I would cut his eyes out, cut every part of his body off, including the part he made me play with.. She shuddered at that thought, and went into deeper despair, remembering all that had happened for the first time since then, four months ago.

Jeremy what is wrong with you? Jeremy thought to himself. You used to love Aelita, until that day. What she did.. What she DIDN'T do!! Another voice in his head shouted. You heard her, he forced her. He raped your girlfriend dude, that's not HER fault!! Shut up! The denial Jeremy screamed. She did it by herself, she betrayed me!!!! The other voice yelled again. So what if she did? She still loves you and you still love her!! Yumi is in love with Ulrich, you know that and you don't love her, you love AELITA!! Finally the denial Jeremy gave into his own thoughts. As much as he hated it, he headed to Aelita's room to talk to her about the whole ordeal.

The white X.A.N.A. Was in the clouds above Egypt, his minions of hornets buzzing about, forming up, ready to wipe out the seven kids and any surrounding people or objects. And eventually the world.... The blue X.A.N.A. hid deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Europe. His aquaticly modified blocks swam about, fins instead of legs lashing out at the water, powering them on faster than imaginable. They were slowly surrounding Europe, ready to move in. The black X.A.N.A. hid under the Earth, just below China. His crabs had drills and spikes covering their bodies, and could dig through the rock and soil in seconds. They were headed in lines straight for France. The gold X.A.N.A. was in the sky like the white, over South America. He had golden hornets, which were pretty much hornets with four times the power and speed. The red X.A.N.A. was in the red sea, with aquatic roachsters that sprayed deathrain, a liquid concocted by X.A.N.A. himself, the red X.A.N.A. that is. The deathrain would melt away anything in a matter of seconds. They too were surrounding Europe slowly, joining with the blue armies. They would be in France, all five armies, in a little more than 48 hours.

Jeremy knocked slowly on Aelita's door. She opened it, still wet, from her shower and from tears. She looked so beautiful to Jeremy, like she used to. Instantly their old connection was made, that bond that tied them together, and they both knew that the other had been thinking of the day. They both understood that Jeremy was sorry, even without saying anything. And they loved each other, more than ever. Aelita feel into Jeremy's arms, and there they stood, boy holding girl, bright and early in the morning. And there they stood, for what seemed like hours and hours. Until the most unexpected person detected that something was up.

"Jeremy!" Taylor called running down the hall. "Jeremy, I don't know where to begin. First let me just say the rest of the gang told me about X.A.N.A., yeah.. yeah.. they're really sorry, whatever he's gonna be here in about two days!!!!!!" Little did Jeremy know that Taylor's computer skills matched his own and then some, which was how she was able to detect the coming of X.A.N.A.

The gang had told her, yes. She and Chandra had become friends instantly it seemed. Taylor didn't like to see her new friend's friends so sad, so she had tryed to help. And wouldn't you know it, the way Taylor said so sweetly, "I'm just trying to help, I'm sorry" after the gang denied having a problem, Odd, with all of his newfound love for her, spilled his guts and the info on X.A.N.A. She had momentarily forgotten about Odd's love confessions as the rest of the gang explained to her what was going on. Mainly Ulrich and Yumi did the talking, because they had been there since the beginning. Odd had too but he was too busy worrying over what Taylor would say to him.

Taylor had immediately gone to Jeremy's room and checked the scans for X.A.N.A., and detected the five hundred monsters approaching. As she ran out to get Jeremy, she said to Odd, "If we get out of this alive, maybe lunch?" Odd was so happy he was ready to kill about two hundred of X.A.N.A.'s monsters in one shot.

"WHAT?" Was all Jeremy could scream. He didn't worry about Taylor knowing of X.A.N.A., it wouldn't make a difference anymore. He had run and gotten his laptop. He had a feeling that the only way X.A.N.A. would be able to pull off creating his armies, pull off his program of splitting and going online, was through the wonderful power of the good old towers. But he had to set Taylor on that research, for he had to prepare the young warriors. He immediately went to program more weapons, and set them onto the assembly line, and went to help out Taylor.

"Wow," Odd said in the factory, eyeing his new weapons. They were upgraded laser arrow launchers. The arrows were actually an infinite, well almost, a one thousand shot battery that had to be recharged, ten lasers a minute recharge rate, laser shooter. Ulrich's sword and dagger were laser-powered as before, but could now send jolts of electric energy at enemies. Yumi's twin laser fans could do the same, and both of the warrior's weapons could be crossed to make an energy shield, and cross all four together to protect a whole group. Slyzer's gloves shot laser discs, the same power and charge rate as Odd's arrows. Chandra had her good old fire only upgraded with shielding, and the non-fighters, Aelita, Jeremy, and Taylor, had laser knives just in case. Except Aelita had a bit more, she was the healer, and had in her gloves the latest laser-healing technology for treating minor burns and cuts.

"Hey Jeremy," Ulrich asked, "Why didn't you do this the first time we fought X.A.N.A. in the real world?"

"Because the basement will now be unusable. It's maxed out. No more materials, no more memory on the computers. Just a fun place for a fort for the little kids." He said in a mono-tone voice, not looking up from his work on the search for X.A.N.A.'s power source.

"So you're the healer?" Slyzer asked Aelita.

"Yup!" She said with a big smile on her face. Everyone was so happy for kids who were about to fight against inevitable doom in a couple of days.

"Cool."

So the gang prepared, and Jeremy and Taylor did all they could to look for an easier way to stop X.A.N.A. They were close it seemed, but not there yet. The days passed all too quickly, and it was the morning of Monday, when everyone was awakening. It was still dark and cold, but strangely eight kids stood outside on the grounds. And the buzz of coming monsters was everywhere. No matter how much you tried not to think about it, no matter how much you tried not to hear it, it was there. Yes, the buzz of the coming monsters was everywhere.

Hope you like it no flames

RAVEN'S WOLF